Dr. Les Novak
Consulting Scientist at Scientific Systems Co Inc
SPIE Involvement:
Conference Program Committee | Author | Instructor
Publications (26)

Proceedings Article | 3 June 2013 Paper
Proceedings Volume 8746, 87460I (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2020650
KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Detection and tracking algorithms, Synthetic aperture radar, Target detection, Coherence (optics), CCD image sensors, Visualization, Algorithm development, Reflectivity, Image compression

Proceedings Article | 23 May 2013 Paper
Proceedings Volume 8746, 87460L (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2020653
KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Charge-coupled devices, Reconstruction algorithms, Surveillance, Target detection, Image processing, Data processing, Reflectivity, Data modeling, Image filtering

Proceedings Article | 3 May 2012 Paper
Proceedings Volume 8394, 839408 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925069
KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Point spread functions, Charge-coupled devices, Data modeling, Radar, Reflectivity, CCD image sensors, Reconstruction algorithms, Image filtering, Surveillance

Proceedings Article | 19 April 2010 Paper
Proceedings Volume 7699, 76990V (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.855949
KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Target detection, Radar, Detection and tracking algorithms, Surveillance, Buildings, Image compression, Imaging arrays, Roads, Signal detection

Proceedings Article | 19 April 2010 Paper
Steven Scarborough, LeRoy Gorham, Michael Minardi, Uttam Majumder, Matthew Judge, Linda Moore, Leslie Novak, Steven Jaroszewksi, Laura Spoldi, Alan Pieramico
Proceedings Volume 7699, 76990U (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.855378
KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Charge-coupled devices, X band, Algorithm development, Data compression, Sensors, Data centers, Polarization, Buildings, Image compression

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Conference Committee Involvement (47)
Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XXXI
23 April 2024 | National Harbor, Maryland, United States
Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XXX
2 May 2023 | Orlando, Florida, United States
Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XXIX
6 April 2022 | Orlando, Florida, United States
Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XXVIII
12 April 2021 | Online Only, Florida, United States
Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XXVII
27 April 2020 | Online Only, California, United States
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Course Instructor
SC315: Automatic Target Recognition Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
This two part tutorial on Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery focuses on two areas of research: (1) SAR ATR using fully polarimetric data and (2) SAR ATR using super-resolution image processing. In part 1, a polarimetric Ka-Band SAR sensor is described and techniques, including the polarimetric whitening filter (PWF) and matched filter (PMF), for optimum processing of the data are developed. A complete target recognition system is developed, and performance results versus resolution and polarization are summarized. In part 2, super-resolution-processing algorithms applied to SAR data are described. For each algorithm, the improvement in ATR performance is quantified. Recognition performance results are presented for a 20-target classifier, and lessons learned from extensive SAR ATR evaluations conducted at MIT Lincoln Laboratory are summarized. Additional ATR topics presented include: target recognition performance comparisons using 1-D high range resolution (HRR) profile classifiers versus 2-D SAR classifiers; model-based classifier performance; combined polarimetric/super-resolution processing; low frequency foliage penetration (FOPEN) SAR target detection and discrimination.
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